deromanticize

American

[dee-roh-man-tuh-siz] / ˌdi roʊˈmæn təˌsɪz /

especially British, deromanticise

verb (used with object)

deromanticized, deromanticizing

to remove the romantic, ideal, or heroic aura from.

Etymology

Origin of deromanticize

de- + romanticize

Example Sentences

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deromanticize

For any Swiftie unfamiliar with how the journalism world operates, let me deromanticize the glamour attached to the job.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2023

Big Boi’s speech forces the audience to deromanticize its notions of Northeastern supremacy and recognize the South as capable of hip-hop.

From Slate ● Feb. 22, 2021

One might imagine that e-books and the Web could deromanticize reading.

From The New Yorker ● Feb. 3, 2015

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